On November 7, UC Law’s Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, which Verna co-directs with colleagues Emily Houh and Kristin Kalsem, hosted its major fall event, held at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, titled “Social Justice: What’s Faith Got to … Continue reading →
On October 18 & 19, Verna, along with the other members of the 2013-14 Faculty Appointments Committee, interviewed 26 candidates at the Association of American Law Schools Faculty Recruiting Conference in Washington, D.C. Verna’s piece, The First (Black) Lady, 86 Denv. … Continue reading →
Verna attended a meeting of the board of directors for the Ms. Foundation for Women, of which she is a member of the Executive Committee … Continue reading →
Verna’s The Heart of the Game: Putting Race and Gender Equity at the Center of Title IX, 7 Va. Sports & Ent. L.J. 199 (2008), was cited in Christine I. Hepler, A Bibliography of Title IX of the Education Amendments of … Continue reading →
In January, Verna attended the invite-only Women’s Rights Legal Roundtable at the Ford Foundation. In February, she attended a conference entitled Critical Race Theory: From the Academy to the Community at Yale Law School in New Have, Connecticut, which happened … Continue reading →
Verna’s article Reading, Writing, and Reparations: Systemic Reform of Public Schools as a Matter of Justice, 11 Mich. J. Race & L. 419 (2006), was cited in Josie Foehrenbach Brown, Inside Voices: Protecting the Student-Critic in Public Schools, 62 Am. … Continue reading →
UC Law’s Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, co-directed by Verna and Profs. Emily Houh and Kristin Kalsem, threw a major conference, Social Justice Feminism, at UC Law on October 25-27. Several of Verna’s publications were cited: The First (Black) Lady, … Continue reading →
Verna’s article, Social Justice Feminism, 18 UCLA Women’s L.J. 131 (2010) (with Kristin Kalsem), was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for: LSN: Employment Statutes (Topic). As part of the UC Law’s faculty exchange program, Verna read excerpts … Continue reading →
In March, UC Law’s Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, which Verna co-directs with colleagues Emily Houh and Kristin Kalsem, sponsored several events, including a Coffee Corner with Professor Barbara Black (director of UC Law’s Corporate Law Center and Charles … Continue reading →
Verna’s article, Social Justice Feminism, 18 UCLA Women’s L.J. 131 (2010) (with Kristin Kalsem), was cited in Mae C. Quinn, Feminist Legal Realism, 35 Harv. J.L. & Gender 1 (2012). The College’s Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, which Verna co-directs with Emily … Continue reading →